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Credit: Isar Aerospace<\/p>\n Credit: Isar Aerospace<\/p>\n
The German-based subsidiary of Planet Labs has selected Isar Aerospace to launch one of the company\u2019s Pelican Earth observation satellites aboard a Spectrum rocket. The companies plan to complete the launch in less than 12 months.<\/p>\n
In July 2025, the German government awarded Planet a \u20ac240 million multi-year contract to provide dedicated capacity from its Pelican satellites over specific European regions. This was followed by an announcement in September 2025 that the company would break ground on a new satellite manufacturing facility<\/a> in Berlin to build its Pelican satellites.<\/p>\n On 2 July, the company continued its efforts to partner with German firms by selecting Isar Aerospace to launch one of its Pelican satellites aboard a Spectrum rocket. The strategic launch agreement includes provisions for additional satellites to be carried aboard future launches.<\/p>\n \u201cGermany has set out an ambitious space agenda. Planet and Isar Aerospace are responding to the moment and delivering a first for the country: both satellite and rocket built in Germany,\u201d said Martin Polak, Managing Director of Planet Labs Germany. \u201cMost excitingly, our joint teams have set an ambitious goal to do this first launch within less than 12 months of agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n Isar Aerospace is currently working toward its second Spectrum launch after the first test flight ended in less than a minute, with the rocket crashing into the water metres from the launchpad.<\/p>\n The company scrubbed its initial attempt at a second Spectrum flight in January because of a problem with a pressurisation valve. A second attempt in March was stopped seconds before liftoff after an unauthorised vessel entered the maritime danger zone. Attempts in April and June were abandoned because of a leak in a composite overwrapped pressure vessel and off-nominal behaviour in the rocket\u2019s fluid systems, respectively. Isar has not said when it plans to return to the launchpad.<\/p>\n